OLYMPIC BOXING QUALIFIERS UNDERWAY IN AMMAN
Mar 03, 2020
Jordan has launched the Asian/Oceanian Road to Tokyo 2020 Olympic Boxing qualifiers today at the Prince Hamzeh Hall in Amman.
The event has attracted 221 of the best fighters from 35 countries with 63 Olympic spots up for grabs, and it was a stunning opening session of 11 preliminary bouts.
One of the performances of the session came from Australian Kirra Ruston who stopped Hong Kong’s Leong Kan in the second round following a couple of standing counts.
It was Ruston’s first international bout and he faces a real acid test next in -75kg top seed Eumir Marcial of the Philippines on Thursday.
“I really felt good out there,” he said. “I caught him with a couple of good punches and felt really strong. It will be tough next but I am hoping to pull off a surprise and get my name out there.”
China’s Jun Shan was another star performer from the session, beating Iraq’s Hayder Karaawi with a second round stoppage.
The Arab World enjoyed success when Syria’s Ahmad Ghousoon overcame Sri Lanka’s Rumesh Wanni-Arachchige with a unanimous judges’ decision in the -75kg class.
There were wins in the women’s -57kg weight for Sri Lanka’s Krismi Lankapurayalage and Uzbekistan’s Yodgoroy Mirzaeva.
It was a good opening session for India with Kumar Ashish (-75kg) and Gaurav Solanki (-57kg) both winning their bouts.
The session also saw wins for Iran’s Daniyal Shahbakhsh (-57kg), Nepal’s Sanil Shahi (-63kg), Indonesia’s Maikhel Muskita (-75kg) and Jerome Pampellone (-81kg).
The event is being broadcasted live on the Olympic Channel web site.
For the full session results, visit: https://boxing.athlete365.org/the-5-qualification-events/asian-oceanian-qualifying-event-amman-jor-3-11-march-2020/
